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> Apple bans competing apps regardless of app quality or safety. I don't know what criteria they actually use, but this is at best incredibly inconsistent. The
by mcintyre1994 8y ago
> Apple bans competing apps regardless of app quality or safety.
I don't know what criteria they actually use, but this is at best incredibly inconsistent. There's heaps of competing mail apps, calendars, camera apps, photo apps, weather apps, notes apps, reminders app, messaging apps on iOS, including a Google one in most of those categories.
- leereeves 8y agoI know that once upon a time they banned competing apps, including Google Voice. I don't know if that behavior continues but I think it's a bit too soon to forget. https://techcrunch.com/2009/07/27/apple-is-growing-rotten-to-the-core-and-its-likely-atts-fault/ https://techcrunch.com/2009/07/27/apple-is-growing-rotten-to...
- danaris 8y agoThis is from nine years ago, when the iOS App Store (then just the iPhone App Store, as the iPad didn't even exist yet!) was less than 2 years old. Calling that "a bit too soon to forget" seems...problematic on several levels.
- leereeves 8y agoWhy? They continue to use their control of the app store for financial gain. The clock on forgiveness doesn't start until the abuse stops.
- danaris 8y agoWhen you're replying to a comment pointing out that there are, in fact, lots of competing apps, and your comment claiming that they're still evil points to an article from nine years ago, you don't demonstrate much credibility to your claims. I think your clocks are just broken.
- leereeves 8y agoI didn't say Apple bans all competing apps. They're selectively "evil". And they've faced so much outrage about the app store, and still do (for example, there's a Supreme Court case pending and a recent lawsuit from Spotify) that they are slightly restrained at the moment.